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One of the techniques used to probe the formation of stars and planets, is optical long baseline interferometry. This technique offers milli-arcsecond spatial resolution. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has been built to offer this new observational facility to any astronomer. In this review, I detail the specificity of high angular resolution observations in the field of stellar and planetary formation. I present a short introduction to interferometry, followed by an extensive presentation of the VLTI. Finally I give some advice to those who would like to use the instruments of the VLTI.
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Malbet, F. (2008). Observing Young Stellar Objects with Very Large Telescope Interferometer. In: Bacciotti, F., Testi, L., Whelan, E. (eds) Jets from Young Stars II. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 742. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68032-1_11
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